Financial Accounting, 8th Edition
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780078025556
Author: Robert Libby, Patricia Libby, Daniel Short
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6, Problem 3MCQ
A company has been successful in reducing the amount of sales returns and allowances. At the same time, a credit card company reduced the credit card discount from 3 percent to 2 percent. What effect will these changes have on the company’s net sales, all other things equal?
- a. Net sales will not change.
- b. Net sales will increase.
- c. Net sales will decrease.
- d. Either (b) or (c).
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Assume that the company has a current ratio of 1.2. Now which of the above actions would improve this ratio. Which of the following actions would improve (i.e., increase) this ratio?• Use cash to pay off current liabilities.• Collect some of the current accounts receivable.• Use cash to pay off some long-term debt.• Purchase additional inventory on credit (i.e., accounts payable).• Sell some of the existing inventory at cost.
A company's current ratio is 2.0. Which of the following actions would lower the current ratio, assuming everything else remains the same?
A) Borrow using short-term notes payable and use the proceeds to reduce long-term debt.
B) Use cash to reduce accruals.
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2.) In a period of rising prices, the FIFO method of costing inventory results in income tax savings for companies.
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3.) A debit memo represents a decrease to accounts payable and therefore results in less money owed to the seller.
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Chapter 6 Solutions
Financial Accounting, 8th Edition
Ch. 6 - Prob. 1QCh. 6 - What is gross profit or gross margin on sales? In...Ch. 6 - What is a credit card discount? How does it affect...Ch. 6 - Prob. 4QCh. 6 - Prob. 5QCh. 6 - Differentiate accounts receivable from notes...Ch. 6 - Which basic accounting principle is the allowance...Ch. 6 - Using the allowance method, is bad debt expense...Ch. 6 - Prob. 9QCh. 6 - Prob. 10Q
Ch. 6 - Prob. 11QCh. 6 - Prob. 12QCh. 6 - Prob. 13QCh. 6 - Prob. 14QCh. 6 - Briefly explain how the total amount of cash...Ch. 6 - Prob. 16QCh. 6 - Sales discounts with terms 2/10, n/30 mean: a. 10...Ch. 6 - Gross sales total 300,000, one-half of which were...Ch. 6 - A company has been successful in reducing the...Ch. 6 - When a company using the allowance method writes...Ch. 6 - You have determined that Company X estimates bad...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 6 - Which of the following is not a step toward...Ch. 6 - When using the allowance method, as bad debt...Ch. 6 - Which of the following best describes the proper...Ch. 6 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 6 - Prob. 1MECh. 6 - Prob. 2MECh. 6 - Prob. 3MECh. 6 - Recording Bad Debts Prepare journal entries for...Ch. 6 - Prob. 5MECh. 6 - Determining the Effects of Credit Policy Changes...Ch. 6 - Prob. 7MECh. 6 - Prob. 8MECh. 6 - Prob. 1ECh. 6 - Reporting Net Sales with Credit Sales, Sales...Ch. 6 - Prob. 3ECh. 6 - Determining the Effects of Credit Sales, Sales...Ch. 6 - Prob. 5ECh. 6 - Prob. 6ECh. 6 - Prob. 7ECh. 6 - Prob. 8ECh. 6 - Prob. 9ECh. 6 - Prob. 10ECh. 6 - Prob. 11ECh. 6 - Prob. 12ECh. 6 - Prob. 13ECh. 6 - Inferring Bad Debt Write-Offs and Cash Collections...Ch. 6 - Inferring Bad Debt Write-Offs and Cash Collections...Ch. 6 - Prob. 16ECh. 6 - Prob. 17ECh. 6 - Prob. 18ECh. 6 - Prob. 19ECh. 6 - Prob. 20ECh. 6 - Interpreting tho Effects of Salos Declines and...Ch. 6 - Prob. 22ECh. 6 - Prob. 23ECh. 6 - Prob. 24ECh. 6 - Prob. 1PCh. 6 - Prob. 2PCh. 6 - Recording Bad Debts and Interpreting Disclosure of...Ch. 6 - Determining Bad Debt Expense Based on Aging...Ch. 6 - Prob. 5PCh. 6 - Prob. 6PCh. 6 - Prob. 7PCh. 6 - Prob. 8PCh. 6 - Prob. 1APCh. 6 - Prob. 2APCh. 6 - Determining Bad Debt Expense Based on Aging...Ch. 6 - Prob. 4APCh. 6 - Prob. 5APCh. 6 - Prob. 1CPCh. 6 - Prob. 2CPCh. 6 - Prob. 3CPCh. 6 - Prob. 4CPCh. 6 - Prob. 5CPCh. 6 - Prob. 6CPCh. 6 - Prob. 1CC
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